Southeast Energy News
Santee Cooper may object to Dominion takeover of SCANA
UTILITIES: South Carolina-owned Santee Cooper files a motion to intervene in Dominion’s planned takeover of SCANA — possibly positioning itself to challenge the merger. (The State)
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NUCLEAR:
• An official with the country’s largest nuclear operator, Exelon, says it’s likely no new nuclear power units will be built after Georgia’s Plant Vogtle project. (Platts)
• Environmentalists worry Miami-Dade County and Florida Power & Light are moving too quickly on a plan to use treated wastewater to cool nuclear reactors at its Turkey Point plant. (WLRN)
PIPELINES:
• Virginia’s Water Control Board opens a public comment period on whether U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pipeline water crossing approvals adequately protect the state’s waters. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
• SCANA subsidiary PSNC Energy will be the anchor customer for a project to extend the Mountain Valley Pipeline to North Carolina.